EP0456680A1 - Antenna arrays. - Google Patents
Antenna arrays.Info
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- EP0456680A1 EP0456680A1 EP90902313A EP90902313A EP0456680A1 EP 0456680 A1 EP0456680 A1 EP 0456680A1 EP 90902313 A EP90902313 A EP 90902313A EP 90902313 A EP90902313 A EP 90902313A EP 0456680 A1 EP0456680 A1 EP 0456680A1
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- antenna array
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
- H01Q21/06—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart
- H01Q21/061—Two dimensional planar arrays
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
- H01Q21/0006—Particular feeding systems
- H01Q21/0075—Stripline fed arrays
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q25/00—Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns
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- This invention relates to microstrip patch antenna arrays having applications in the fields of communications and radar.
- Microstrip patch antennas are particularly useful for spacecraft and aircraft applications on account of their light weight and flat profile.
- a section of a conventional microstripline is shown in Fig 1. It comprises a conducting ground plane 1, a dielectric spacer 2 and a conductor 3.
- Fig 1 A section of a conventional microstripline is shown in Fig 1. It comprises a conducting ground plane 1, a dielectric spacer 2 and a conductor 3.
- a conducting ground plane 1 For a straight, infinitely long strip, virtually no radiation will occur as long as the separation between the conductor 3 and ground plane 1 is small compared with the wavelength of the propagating wave.
- the field in the gap between the conductor 3 and the ground plane 1 becomes unbalanced and the gap radiates.
- Any patch of microstrip such as the patch 4 shown in Fig 2 has a radiating aperture around its rim. If fields and currents are excited by a stripline feed 5, for example, the patch 4 will radiate.
- the shape of the patch and method and location of its feed determine the field distribution and therefore its radiation characteristics.
- the most commonly used patches are rectangular, square or circular, such patches producing a fairly broad, single beam of radiation in a direction normal to their surfaces and in the case of rectangular patches, producing a controllable polarisation effect.
- Microstrip patches are most commonly used in planar arrays for applications where a narrow beam pattern is required.
- a plan-view of a typical planar microstrip patch array layout is shown in Fig 3. It comprises a plurality of rectangular conducting patches 6 fed via a microstrip feedline 7 which is printed onto the same substrate as the patches.
- the array shown in Fig 3 has a narrow single beam pattern.
- multiple beam arrays have been formed by feeding appropriately grouped radiating elements (microstrip patches, for example) via a "beamforming" circuit.
- a well-known example of a beamforming circuit is the so-called Blass matrix which is shown schematically in Fig 4. It comprises a grid of transmission lines and directional couplers 8 which couple input power applied to beam ports 9 and 10 to radiating patches 11 (12a to 12f are matched loads). Patch spacing and interconnecting line lengths determine beam direction. In the arrangement of Fig 4, the number of beams is equal to the number of beam ports.
- the beamforming circuitry is located in close proximity to the patch array, it is a separate entity and can occupy a significant volume. For large arrays with many beams, such matrices are bulky. This is a disadvantage when the antenna is required to be operated in a restricted space.
- the present invention provides a much more compact arrangement in which the antenna and beam forming functions are integrated into a single structure.
- This invention consists of a multiple beam microstrip patch antenna array including N substantially parallel columns and n substantially parallel rows of radiating elements (13) and n feed lines (15), each feed line being coupled to a corresponding one of the n rows of elements in which the n elements within each of the N columns are electrically connected to form linear arrays which are terminated so that a voltage standing wave is produced along the arrays when an appropriate excitation signal is applied to at least one of the feed lines, characterised in that the effective lengths of feed line between adjacent elements along one feed line differ from the effective lengths of feed line between adjacent elements along at least one other feed line.
- the array can be fabricated using microcircuit techniques.
- the coupling between the feed lines and their associated elements is electromagnetic, the elements overlaying the feed line network and being separated therefrom by a dielectric layer.
- the feed line network and elements are formed on the same substrate and the feed lines are directly connected to the appropriate elements.
- Fig 5 is a schematic plan view of a first embodiment of a multiple beam microstrip patch antenna array in accordance with the invention
- Fig 6 is a sectional view along the line VI -VI of Fig 5
- Fig 7 illustrates a voltage standing wave pattern along a linear patch array
- Figs 8a and 8b illustrate radiated beam directions with reference to the patch array of Fig 5
- Fig 9 and Fig 10 are plots of radiation patterns peculiar to the embodiment of Fig 5,
- Fig 11 is a schematic plan view of a second embodiment of the invention, having alternating offsets between feedlines and patches,
- Fig 12 is a schematic plan view of a third embodiment of the invention, in which alternate rows of rectangular patches are rotated through 90°,
- Fig 13 is a schematic plan view of a fourth embodiment of the invention, implemented on a single dielectric layer,
- Fig 14 is a schematic perspective view of a further embodiment of the invention operating as a balanced stripline device
- Fig 15 is a more detailed schematic plan view of part of the embodiment shown in Fig 14, Fig 16 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the invention using waveguides,
- Figs 17 and 18 are a schematic plan and section of a suitable termination for the ends of the array lines
- Fig 19 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the invention in which the feedlines comprise suspended striplines and are coupled to resonant cavities feeding from radiators, and
- Fig 20 is a more detailed sectional view of part of the embodiment shown in Fig 19.
- a microstrip patch antenna array comprises a network of microstrip patches 13 separated by a dielectric material 14 from a network of feed lines 15 which is in turn separated by the dielectric material 14 from a ground plane 16.
- the microstrip patch network comprises three linear series-connected patch arrays 13a, 13b and 13c, there being three patches in each linear array.
- the network of feed lines which runs underneath the patch network is represented by the dotted lines 15a, 15b and 15c.
- the feed lines are offset from the centre of each patch by a distance 'S' and the lengths of each feed line are different owing to the presence of meanders 17 incorporated in 15b and 15c.
- Each linear patch array is separated from its nearest neighbour by a distance d and each array has an open circuit at each of its ends.
- an RF excitation signal is applied to each of title feed lines 15a, 15b and 15c.
- the separation between adjacent patches in each linear array is chosen so that the array behaves as a resonant element for a particular excitation frequency.
- a voltage standing wave pattern is set up along each linear array as shown in Fig 7.
- the standing wave is periodic along the linear array, it is possible to excite it at any of the voltage peaks.
- any feed line running under the patches can excite a standing wave on each of the linear arrays which results in a narrow pencil beam of radiation.
- the beam direction will always be in a plane perpendicular to the line of each linear array.
- Fig 8 illustrates this.
- d a ne connecting them respectively
- 7K ⁇ IX and ⁇ e are the feed line wavelength and effective dielectric constant respectively
- beams at (180°- ⁇ ) will also be generated, giving a total, in the general case, of 2n beams, where n is the number of feed lines.
- Isolation between feed lines is controlled by the coupling at the junction between each feed line and each linear array. Inherently good isolation is likely to be produced by the partial cancellation of each of the small signals coupled into neighbouring feed lines due to the different lengths of each line.
- the coupling is controlled by the sep ration in height of the feed line network and the patch network and by the offsets 'S' of the feed line from the centre of the patch and by the width of the patch. This coupling is determined by the required amplitude distribution across title array and will be lower for longer arrays.
- three feed lines are excited from both ends giving a total of six beams. Approximately equal spacing between beams occurs in each set of three beams as would be expected.
- Circulary polarised beams can be produced using the embodiment of Fig 12 which is similar in construction to the embodiment of Fig 5 in that feed lines 15a, 15b and 15c are overlaid by linear patch arrays 13a, 13b and 13c, in which the rectangular patches in alternate linear arrays (see 13b in Fig 12) are rotated through 90° and connected to one another within each linear array by diagonal interconnections joining alternate ends of each patch.
- the length of each of the feed lines 15a, 15b between adjacent patches is arranged so that the phase of the excitation signal at one patch differs from the phase at its adjacent patch by 90°. Feeding the excitation signal in from the opposite end of the feed line results in beams with the opposite hand of polarisation.
- the invention can be implemented on a single dielectric layer as shown in the embodiment of Fig 13.
- the feed lines 15a, 15b are directly connected to the patch sides with the dimension 'S controlling the coupling level. This results in simpler construction although unwanted radiation from the feed lines is greater than for the multilayer construction of the embodiments illustrated in Figs 5,
- Direct coupling of the feed and array lines can be usefully employed in a balanced stripline construction such as that illustrated in Figs 14 and 15.
- This construction comprises three superimposed layers 16, 17 and 18 of etched copper on substrate maintaining a separation d between the conducting layers.
- the middle layer 17 consists of a network in which meandering feedlines 19 interconnect with array lines 20.
- the top and bottom layers 16 and 18 comprise identical arrays of rectangular slots 21 formed in the copper layer which, when assembled, are located symmetrically on either side of the middle layer, over - and under - lying the array lines 20.
- both the feed lines 22 and the transverse resonant arrays 23 are made of waveguide material, coupled together by small holes in the common wall at each intersection.
- the arrays themselves are formed by conventional waveguide slots 24.
- the feed lines are made to have different effective lengths by one of the numerous ways of providing phase shifts in a waveguide, such as an iris, a screw extending in from the waveguide wall, or a section of dielectric.
- a terminating impedance 25 is arranged to interconnect the ground plane 26 and the remote edge of the end patch 26 of each array.
- a patch of lossy material may be placed on the feedline substrate in a position underlying portions of the end patch of each array.
- An embodiment incorporating further alternative features is shown in Figs 19 and 20.
- the feedlines 28 comprise suspended .stripline feeds in each of which a conducting strip element 29 is located on a thin substrate film 30 centrally within a waveguide box 31.
- the antenna arrays comprise series of square or rectangular cavities 32 (See Fig 20) interconnected by coaxial lines 33 and coupled to the feedlines by small holes 34 in the roof of the waveguide.
- the cavities either radiate directly through small holes or, as shown in the drawing, they can feed short horn elements 35.
Abstract
Un réseau d'antennes à pièces capable de former des faisceaux multiples, se compose d'un réseau d'alimentation (15) disposé sur un substrat inférieur à microbande recouvert (13) sur un substrat supérieur. Ledit réseau de pièces se compose d'un certain nombre de réseaux (13a, 13b, 13c) de pièces linéaires reliés en série, chaque réseau étant résonant et pouvant comporter des circuits ouverts à chaque extrémité. On a prévu un agencement à ondes progressives de lignes d'alimentation (15a, 15b, 15c), et dans un mode de réalisation le nombre total de faisceaux pouvant être créés représente deux fois le nombre de lignes d'alimentation. L'invention est utile dans des petits terminaux terrestres de communications par satellite, et est adaptée à un fonctionnement dans la région des 10 GHz.A coin-operated antenna array capable of forming multiple beams, consists of a feed array (15) disposed on a lower microstrip coated substrate (13) on an upper substrate. Said network of parts is made up of a number of arrays (13a, 13b, 13c) of linear parts connected in series, each network being resonant and possibly having open circuits at each end. A traveling wave arrangement of feed lines (15a, 15b, 15c) has been provided, and in one embodiment the total number of beams that can be created is twice the number of feed lines. The invention is useful in small terrestrial satellite communications terminals, and is suitable for operation in the 10 GHz region.
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